Solanthé
about solanthé
Two founders, Paulo Massango and Jason de Brito, working every mandate themselves. Both Angolan-born, they pair a rare cultural fluency with institutional discipline, and it is that pairing that lets the firm carry capital, commodities, and culture at once.
founding partner
Jason de Brito
Present in the places others only study.
Ex-EY and grounded in anthropology, Jason turns a contact list into ground truth - the local fluency and human intelligence that decide whether capital or commodity moves at all.
It is not research bought in, it is access held personally. He drives outreach and institutional channels on the ground, and works jointly with Paulo on every cross-stream engagement.
based
Luanda · Toronto
focus
Culture · Expert networking
previously
EY
founding partner
Paulo Massango
Turning access into structured, bankable outcomes.
Ex-Deloitte, Paulo works in global management and institutional dealmaking, holding the commercial and financial framework of a mandate from first introduction to final close.
His work spans capital matched to counterparty, verified commodity allocation, and the cross-border structuring that makes either move. Every mandate carries principal-level oversight, not a delegated process.
based
Luanda · Lisbon
focus
Capital · Commodities
previously
Deloitte
network reach
Named geographies
africa
Luanda · Freetown · Conakry
europe
Lisbon · London
americas
Toronto · Houston · New York · Los Angeles · Mexico City
asia
Singapore · Dubai · Riyadh
The Angolan and Lusophone corridor is the one asset no competitor can replicate.
It is not a market we entered - it is a market we come from.
the solanthé approach
Founder-led, not platform-led.
A platform scales by removing people. We scale by keeping them. Every introduction is made by a founder, so accountability never sits with a support desk or an algorithm.
That is why Solanthé stays deliberately small. It is the only way an introduction can keep carrying our name.